Gloucester constituency is centred on the historic city of Gloucester and contains most of its main urban area. The city centre, cathedral quarter and docks provide important historic and commercial focal points, while residential neighbourhoods extend outward toward the city boundary. The River Severn and Gloucester and Sharpness Canal shape the western side, with floodplain and open land creating breaks in development. Major road and rail routes connect Gloucester with Cheltenham, Bristol, Birmingham and South Wales. The constituency is predominantly urban and suburban, with only a limited rural fringe. Its geography is therefore focused on a single regional city whose historic centre sits alongside substantial modern housing, commercial and industrial districts.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Gloucester, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population122,420
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth West
Age profile
0 to 1721.8% · 26,654 people
18 to 248.9% · 10,908 people
25 to 3414.6% · 17,842 people
35 to 4920.3% · 24,911 people
50 to 6418.2% · 22,313 people
65 and over16.2% · 19,792 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
48,789 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners61.3% · 29,903 households
Private renters22.4% · 10,942 households
Social renters14.9% · 7,289 households
Other tenure1.3% · 655 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
48,790 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households30.8% · 15,014 households
Families with dependent children29.0% · 14,161 households
Other single-family households35.5% · 17,315 households
Other household types4.7% · 2,300 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
116,415 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot7.2% · 8,340 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little10.5% · 12,181 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4% · 95,894 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
This constituency in Parliament
A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.
This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.
Written question15 June 2026
Apprentices: Gloucester
Raised by Alex McIntyre MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young people starting Apprenticeships in Gloucester constituency in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to support people living with cancer in Gloucester constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to support parents with childcare costs in Gloucester constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to support women with Endometriosis in Gloucester constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the additional £45 million enforcement funding allocated to the Environment Agency under the Waste Crime Action Plan will be directed toward tackling illegal fly-tip
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the High Street Organised Crime Unit and the associated £30 million enforcement package on levels of (a) money laundering, (b) illega
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement on (a) mature student enrolment numbers and (b) local upskilling opportunities in Gloucester constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to support student nurses into full time employment in Gloucester constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Police Officer numbers in Gloucester constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the level of SEND support available in primary schools in Gloucester constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the expanded Turnaround programme funding on youth reoffending rates in Gloucester constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 16 to 24 in Gloucester constituency are not in employment, education or training.
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership
Signatures in this constituency417
Signatures nationally244,689
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded74
Total awarded£3,458,581
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 16 June 2026
Full Circle Mentoring
Young Gloucestershire Limited
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Young Gloucestershire Limited - Children & Young People - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 10 June 2026
MSB Weekend
Your Next Move Ynm CIC
£29,888
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
MSB Weekend - Dance - National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery grantAwarded 22 May 2026
Gospel-Informed Live Arrangement R&D
Grant to individual
£11,618
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
Gospel-Informed Live Arrangement R&D - Not discipline specific - National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery grantAwarded 15 May 2026
Building of accessible loo and shower
Just Row Gloucestershire
£14,700
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Just Row Gloucestershire - Other - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 14 May 2026
Community Hall and toilets renovation
Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain Gloucester Branch
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain Gloucester Branch - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
69 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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